who thought Kalou was onside. But the result was fair - if only because of Alladyce's terrible lack of belief. Newcastle were time wasting from the kick off, just like his Bolton side used to do. And then in the second half when Newcastle had us completely on the ropes, his subtitutions were really late and broadly negative. The players wanted to go for a win, yet the manager didn't.

Chelsea missed hat loads, although mostly due to good keeping from Given.

But it will be interesting to see how Avram Grant goes on - he made a couple of strange subs and the crowd really went for him.

sums up our season so far. We have the players to attack teams. We didn't need to go defensive yesterday. I knew that before the game, looking at Chelsea's injury list. I knew Sam would play it safe. It didn't work.

He does this against EVERYONE. Derby, Sunderland, etc.

The media is useless, for the most part. They know nothing about the situation, yet feel free to comment - "give him time". To do what? He doesn't deserve time.